I think there's a tool list in Boatbuilding with Plywood that's pretty good. The basic tool list is a really good start. One tool not to cheap out on is a decent saber or jig saw. Old hand tools like planes and hand saws can be bought on Ebay and easily restored. Harbor Freight has a surprisingly go...

The Roustabout comes to mind as an io design in that size range. You'd have more options if you opened it up to v-drives and mid mounted inboards. Being a mechanic you should easily be able to figure out any of those options. The modern io drives have gained a lot of weight since these boats were de...

Does anyone know why Glen L doesn’t include the bots in the fastener kit?...weird.. That's a good question. It does leave open the option to use hot-dipped galvanized but you might as well use Silicon bronze. It's a pretty small percentage of the cost of the build overall. In the end, Glen-L was th...

I'm a big advocate of just building the boat you eventually want instead of doing one for practice. Now that has limitations of course. There are some boats that are quite a bit more advanced construction wise. Although there are always exceptions to that rule. Even a smaller boat could take years t...

Thanks so much for responding, everybody! I took another look at the boards I have. I think I will be able to make one of the other ones work if I reduce the height of the coaming by 1/4". The design for the Geronimo calls for the coaming to stick up above the sheer line by 3". If I reduce...

Jim, Did you stain everything or just the light ones to match? One thing I don't want to do is cover up the grain of the wood because it is quite stunning on the darker boards. Another question, the sapele is the "field" on your boat or the darker king planks and cover boards?

I need some stain gurus to help me out here. I have two sapele boards that I was intending to use for coamings. Turns out I'm an idiot and picked out one that is significantly lighter than all the other boards that I bought. I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions on a stain color that might work ba...

Thanks, Jim, I think they'll look great covered up! I encapsulated the underside of all the deck framing last night. Plus many other areas that needed touched up. So I have pieces curing all over the place and I can't do anything till they cure. Probably shouldn't work on the boat on Valentine's nig...

Captures the batten and deck beam without taking out too much material from the sheers. On the port side the sheer has three layers due to repairing a break long ago. So I've had to compensate for that when building the deck framing. The starboard side just has the normal two layers so the sheer is...